STORE

[noun] [C]A store is an amount of something which is being kept for future use.He's got an impressively large store of wine in his cellar.Food stores are reported to be running dangerously low in the capital.(figurative) I'm afraid my great store of wit is rather depleted (= I'm not able to be very amusing) this evening.A store is also a building in which things are kept until they are needed.a grain/weapons store(esp. UK and ANZ) If items such as furniture are in store, they are being kept safe in a special building while they are not needed.Melissa's furniture is in store until she buys a house.In store also means going to happen soon.You never know what's in store for you.There's a bit of a shock in store for him when he gets home tonight!